BRASILIA: The Brazilian President-elect, Ms Dilma Rousseff has promised to guarantee freedom of the press and religion and to promote ‘equality between men and women’, since all those things are ‘essential principles of democracy’.

WASHINGTON: The US President, Mr Barack Obama would begin his India visit on November 6 with a message of condolence for the victims of 26/11 and will then celebrate Diwali with school children along with the First Lady, Ms Michelle Obama.